DJI FPV Motion Controller: Linking, Set up & First Flight - Like Flying a Jet-Powered Helicopter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- 00:00 Start
1:20 Linking the Controller
3:20 First Flight
13:20 Summary and thoughts
#DJIFPV #MotionController #FPV
Today I link the DJI Motion Controller and fly the DJI FPV with a joystick. Great fun and way more intuitive than you might think.
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Flying with a single joystick. Works for me.....
And just to confirm, Stu is my housemate and thus in the lockdown with me too! #covidcompliant
Brilliant, do you know where someone stands with the law of always having the drone in your eyesight if wearing goggles? Thankyou and keep up the amazing work
I used to play a PC game called Descent and it was like a 3D flight Sim in space where I played with a joystick. I'll have to bring back my skills from that back
Ian do you know if you can practice with the simulator with the joystick?
And does it work with Android?
if your spotter is no drone rc master wouldn't it be great to change the roles to see how a newbie feels with the goggles and the motion stick ?
I am just keen to know how a bloody new guy in the hobby feels to control a drone without andy RC experience cause that might be the main target group.
I was not so convinced on my only flight I could do 2 days ago and it felt a step back compared to RC .
But I guess that might be due to permanent comparison in your brain how much smoothly I would be able to control the system with less latency using my RC.
Could be only a question of time and get used to and immersion.
batterylife is horrible and the biggest no go at least at such ridicolous price point. 9 minutes with brakes end up in 8 minutes flight time for a 150€ battery ... crazy expensive and new factor compared to Mavic Air 2 and Mavic 2 Pro.
Thanks a lot
@@iestspeed by law in the UK you'll need to have a 'spotter' with you when flying with goggles so they can maintain VLOS thats why Ian had his mate Stu with him.
Thank you. I’m camera drone pilot. Just purchased the FPV. I have both controllers. I’m going to have to break out of my comfort zone and try the motion controller. I’m 65, been waiting for this since I was a young boy. Good job young man!
Thank you! :)
That motion control is the most interesting thing to me.
Outstanding aerials at the beginning and the FPV looks like a lot of fun.
Good to see you having some fun with the controller.
Cracking FPV footage and those fields look like they could do with me metal detecing on them lol
You would be amazed how often I hear that comment! Obviously something in the lood of the soil...... :)
Thanks for this explanation. I've just bought one .
Great initial review. Looking forward to flying with the motion controller
Great review Ian! Well done for your first try! Thank you.
Looks like good fun. Thanks for the review.
Great flight and demonstration Ian, the motion controller looks like great fun and adds another dynamic to the experience. 👍
Lol “am sure am facing in the right direction” goggles off “yes I am”...great video...you seem pretty nervous at the start...but you did a great flight
It's a crazy feeling as you aren't fully sure you have control of it by just waving a stick around.......
Excellent video
enjoyed the video and even though i have prior FPV experience your take on this is the first one that actually makes me want to buy the motion controller myself.
I love yer man standing there ( "the spotter" ) pretending to be able to see it from 600 yards!
All you need to do is follow the sound with this model....... It spots itself!
That works awesome I'm so impressed
Looks so fun!
Looks great
love your vids!
Nice first attempt Ian, thanks for sharing 👍🏼
Another great video Ian . That controller is amazing.i would be stumbling all over the shop though ha ha
Well you looked alot more comfortable flying with the handheld joystick type controller. Looks amazing to to fly. well-done 👍
My heart would be in my mouth Ian lol 😂 thanks again for the vid and keep up the great work.
Great video
Grant and Phil Mitchell demonstrating the Dji FPV 😋
Thanks for the vids
Get aht of ma pub!!!
@@IaninLondon Brilliant : )
Great review thank you!
I love your channel
That's such a cool place to fly fpv!!
Christ that thing looks fun.
Long time not seeing your videos, but now I see a guard behind you! LoL Nice vid
Love your vids 👍🏽always a great watch 👍🏽all the way back to the lost mavic one 😁🤭
4 years now! :)
The Motion Controller makes it a lot more fun and exciting!!!
That controller is incredible must be really weird flying like that, love how you keep removing the goggles just to check its still there, sure Ill be doing the same thing
Yeah, you definitely need to check visually when it's close to you...
Yet again another great video Ian, with you on the battery time for something that big thought you would get more time out of it..But that said it is dragging 800g around at 60mph, love the controller be great if you could use them on the Mavic series ...
I'm here watching your video and leaving that like and subscribing to your channel
I can't ask for more than that.... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 :)
Your the first I seen go that far with the Temperature gun.
man that looks like fun, great review. I wish more folks would film through the goggles, that's what we need to see.
Still searching for a way to capture it properly....
Typical high performance race drone flight time is sub 4 minutes, so this is great.
This was quite a comical video to be honest, the dogs cracked me up.
@6:20 was expecting the dog the grab the motion controller and scarper 😂
Great video. The motion control is a very good concept. Got a bit too close to the trees, for my liking. 😳
That drone scared you at 5:09😁
Like the stick but that flight time that's CRAP my ol spark gets 15min.in sport mode....
Stay well
Brian
That joystick would be a huge deal for some disabled fliers. I really hope somebody can make an Rx that can decode it so it becomes mainstream or makes a similar device for other protocols. I like the idea of flying gliders with one hand while drinking a beer. :)
Loving the look of this new drone already, especially with the joystick option, as you have already said, extra batteries are an absolute priority if you want more flying fun, I would think for me a minimum of 4 but I'll wait until the lottery numbers come in first, thanks for a great video Ian, things can only get better in the drone world with regard to the hardware, I wish I could say the same for the rules & restrictions.
Yes, I've got 2 more batteries on order, coming this week.... Defo need them
I saw in another video that if you are pointed one way and the drone another, you can hit the break then turn your self in the. same direction as the drone and then unbreak. Both should be pointed in the same direction. :)
I love that dog
It's only in editing I see how crazy they are behind me :)
Great content as always Ian,this isn’t for me I’d just love to fly the MA2 with goggles but interesting to see this interesting new drone 👍🏻
The motion controller joystick would be the way to go for me if I actually bought one. Looks like fun. Expensive fun, but fun all the same.
That's it in a nutshell. Expensive fun......
Brilliant flight Ian, that joystick seems fantastic and super easy to get the hang of, that battery time though seems short compared to some other videos I've seen, could it be a dodgy battery? Hopefully when your other pair arrives you'll get longer out of each, I'm getting the drone in a few weeks but I'll spend the extra on the batteries first then pick up the flight stick at some point afterwards as it seems great fun, can't wait for the next video 👍
I hope it's just that it's only the 4th or 5th battery charge..... will be testing the battery life shortly....
9 minutes of fpv flight is huge. I fly freestyle quads 5 inch props and 4 cell packs. I get 3.5 minutes before I need to land and change packs. I quite frankly don't know how DJI is getting 9 minutes with a quad this heavy. Get a few extra packs and just enjoy this way of flying. Thanks for the video.
Because it has a monster battery and doesn't pull as many Amps as you,.
@@patrickcolclough2423 sounds logical
I’m thinking of getting this drone & the motion controller, but I currently use an MP2 with the FT Aviator joystick...wish I could combine both the drones & the sticks into one...
Looks great to fly with the new controller but to be honest I think the battery life will put me of buying one and the fact you only get one with the combo. I took my mavic air 2 out yesterday and I was up in the air for about 27 minutes and yes I know there completely different drones but to only get 8 or so minutes then having to charge again is really not good unless you can afford a dozen batteries 😁 good video though Ian wish I had that much space at the back of.my garden
This drone is not for me but I just enjoy Ian's content
Knowing exactly what your dog does and number of barks was hilarious.
When he sees a cyclist, he shoots off to bark at them.... :)
Looking forward to seeing it flown in super mad mode lol 90+ mph
Yeah that video is coming....
this is going to be good for getting fixed wing like video. I wonder is sitting and resting the joy stick like device on the arm rest would feel better.
That was great fun. As someone else has mentioned I think other FPV drones only have a very short battery life (5mins?)
Would be good to run a comparison on the different modes. I guess FPV drones are designed for short high adrenaline flights. Whereas MA2, Mini 2 etc are more like long duration fliers. Any really enjoying these videos.
Will be doing a battery test shortly....
Our cold Uk weather really drains batteries too. Should be better when it warms up.
Great video Ian.. I wonder if "manual acro" mode will be also available using the motion controller in future?
So I dipped my toe into the Manual Mode yesterday (video coming in a day or so); unfeasibly insane and difficult. But I do wonder if the controller in Manual would make more sense.......
@@IaninLondon yes i was thinking the same, I am sure they were not developing a FPV controller that will not have manual fpv mode in it.. strange.
Well I think you like it with hand control M8
Defo 👍🏻
God help those that can't do updates Ian lol 🙂🤣😉just subscribed to your channel 🤟👍
Ian I don’t know if you knew this or if you figured it out but the FPV Drone is preset to only go 500M out of the box you can override that setting in settings in the goggles and have if fly a lot further distance wise. Hope this helps or you may already have figured this out
Yes, I amend the settings first thing... Cheers,
That looks a very Rural London Ian you have as much "open space" as me in the wilds of west Cornwall
North essex! :) I work in London
@@IaninLondon Thats great dude and good for droning then. Loads of space around me but the Navy bagged it all first unfortunately
Yuneec had a similar concept over 5 years ago (may still exist?) For the typhoon H drones
Quick question.... When you start flying macro manual mode and you adjust and tighten the F1 and F2 screws within the controller: does this have to been undone again when going back into Sports or normal mode? Can they be left that way to fly in all modes from that point forth?
They can be left but it would then make things hard to fly in normal mode....
Guys the battery life is better than the usual FPV drones out there - this is an FPV acro/racing drone not the same as a camera drone! Its for flying around in a close space like a racing course or doing tricks - its meant to be flown in full manual mode too - so the battery life is in fact really good.
Nigel, this drone isn’t made for racing, or real FPV freestyle(it’s just too expensive and fragile). I believe it is intended for getting great cinematic shots, that you couldn’t get with the likes of a Mavic, or other normal camera drone. Running a 6s 5” freestyle drone with a 1550mAh battery can get you 8ish minutes.
Kind regards Kev
Looks like you're getting the hang of it. Unless you swap with the spotter when you have the extra batteries it can't be much fun for them.
Well, it's short flight! 🤣🤣🤣
Great video again, how do manually land using that, i.e. The equivalent of pulling the left stick down on a normal controller
Damn, starting to think I might want one of these. I fly FPV through box goggles in analog but that controller and goggles is what Impresses me. But 2K $ US ouch.
It's a lot for not much flight.....
Im watching the video, it looks good. I just got the motion controller today. If you start the motors with the red button by pressing it twice, if you press it again twice does the motors quit and turn off?
Thanks for the video, just a note of caution: Recommend removing the props any time one is inside with the drone powered up :-)
Defo...
Thanks for the demo and vidoes. In terms of filming the props seemed to encroach on the footage at various points which could be an issue. Also I assume there is no way to level the gimbal horizon when banking.
There's a setting in the camera settings to remove the props from most views but it's a single axis gimbal and the whole point of FPV is to give that banking view in turns... The Mavic range have their 3 axis gimbals 👍🏻
Hate the fact that they cripple the range of EU/UK versions. If it wasn't for that and the terrible battery performance I think I might have bought one of these. Thanks for posting a proper British drone review I can relate to 👍🏻
Cool demo. Boy, though, it is loud! even in Normal mode. Hope in the future they can make it quieter. Some people hate hearing drones. Just saying🤪
True! My neighbours know me but even they may get annoyed with this one.....
that battery is the only reason I've not purchased it yet..10mins appears to be the average if you use a mix of normal and sport....tbh it will be in sport from very 1st flight out of box for me so il never see 10mins....reminds me of my old mavic air ....was barely able to get 12mins from that drone....was next to useless
Great start. Just wondering if the promised ADS-B is working on this drone (apparently it does in the USA)
It's in the menu but I didn't have a plane fly over in my 8 minutes of flight 👍🏻. I'm on the lookout tho
Great Video! Will we be able to use 1st gen headsets and purchase motion controller to use simulator? I am handicapped with basic one hand and am thrilled to finally see an option that'll enable me to fly!!
I don't believe so, but in truth I am not 100% sure about the 1st Gen controllers. There is a 'broadcast' mode in the supplied goggles to allow other goggles to receive and watch too.
Really enjoying videos of this drone, I do have some concerns regarding the battery, I think you were just in "Normal with some "Sport" mode. Flight duration 8mins 30 odd seconds before auto R.T.H. 🤔 it's not the twenty mins? You had no "Manual" ?
thanks for another great video - a quick question...
when flying what do you have to have connected and to what? is the phone needed to fly?
battery to googles via cable and phone to goggles via cable?... then remote (motion or controller) is wireless? is this correct?
Ive seen many have phone connected to goggles, but its unclear if this is just for a 'remote view' or if its needed to fly.
thanks again, your thoughts are really valuable.
@TheTechnobear Yes, it's Goggles with wired battery, but only need the phone by USB for initial activation & firmware update, and if you want the spotter to see too. Otherwise it's goggles + battery, then controller, and the drone. Watch my unboxing and setup vid. cheers, ian
Great review and flight test with the joystick. Are there any settings to tune the joystick control sensitivity (like one can do on a usual controller)?
I need to have a poke around the settings to see......
#IanInLondon I wonder if DJI will adapt that Motion Controller to the Mavic family, would be nice.
I notice when you're using the controller that you are moving your whole arm up & down. I bend my wrist... Just a thought🤔
It looks great fun BUT battery life is an issue I fear.
Using the motion controller in sport mode looks the most fun - but loosing signal at 400M - wonder what happened to the 6 mile range claim Ian?? 🤔
True. There seems a big difference between the specs and reality....
I want to buy a drone, but I have no knowledge about them. I think they are pretty cool and fun
DJI says you get 20 minutes in N mode with speed of less than 40 kph with no wind. Anything more will drastically eat the battery.
I'm editing the Max Flight Time vid as I type.....👍🏻
Really enjoying these videos with the FPV though I think I won't be buying one. For one thing, I just don't have room in my backpack for a Steve.. :-)
Nice flying . Can anyone tell me how to set the battery to where it will return to home at a certain percentage. Thanks.
You can't set that on the FPV yet; it's only a basic version of the Fly App
Hi Ian, another great video I have one on order and need to know if it will fit in my new case, would you be able to do me a favour please and give me the dimensions, height mainly :)
Hello, Ian. Very nice video! Do you experience any motion sickness while flying with the goggles on? I just bought my FPV yesterday and was practicing on the simulator and felt a little motion sickness. I have no problem in VR which I know is different, but thought I would mention it nonetheless. Keep up the great work!
Yes, the first time I got a slightly thick head, but that goes after a flight or two. Sitting down may help you get through that first flight :)
Awesome distance on first flight! Is there a way to practice the motion controller with the flight simulator?
Yes
Dogs just running happy dogs /
Ian, Be interesting to see how quick the price drops on this drone? Pretty sure it will be quick. Unlike the Mavics they are a great all rounders, On a plus that hand controller is a great gadget, unlike the standard remote. FPV is great for racing but prefer to build my own, where Dji have done this for people ease. Take into account the hand controller @£139 + extra batteries say over £139x 2 £278 nearly £1600 quid +
Exactly. £1250 combo + £130 controller + £240 batteries. Over £1600..... This is a niche product that has to come down in price.......
@@IaninLondon ⬇️ Price drop🤣 Ian now looking forward to an inspire 3, or mavic 3, love the Mavic and inspire series👍 Hopefully.
You can stay in place an just tilt the motion controller left and right instead of turning yourself all over the place!
This was my first flight! Was a bit excitable.....😀
I just can't watch...
I've just added the Mini 2 to my drone fleet.
It will be a definite d.i.v.o.r.c.e. if you tempt me in to getting the FPV as well Ian!
You wouldn’t want to forget to press the brake button , then put the controller down ?! Also, walking with the goggles on is a no no - any trip and fall whilst holding the controller.......?
It does look fun though 👍
I am a goggles FPV newb...... ;)
You can attach the phone via USB to watch it on the phone Ian ...
True, but you still don't get the app data display unfortunately....
The battery time is very similar to the DJI Spark lol.
i have to ask sorry,,,where does it sit? its not a m2 or a2 or a fpv drone really so whats the market aimed at??